father godfather 17 realizations FAMILY: Indo-European
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 50155)
type Derivation
language Asturian
lexeme 1 padre
lexeme 2 padrín
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference DLA
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 50143)
type Complex derivation
language Danish
lexeme 1 fader + gud
lexeme 2 gudfader
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference DDO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 50140)
type Complex derivation
language English
lexeme 1 father + god
lexeme 2 godfather
meaning 1 male parent, especially of a human + deity
direction
meaning 2 man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child
reference NBARS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 50158)
type Derivation
language Galician
lexeme 1 padre
lexeme 2 padriño
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference DRAG
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 50141)
type Complex derivation
language Icelandic
lexeme 1 faðir + guð
lexeme 2 guðfaðir
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference ISLEX
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 50152)
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme padrino
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference Vocabolario Treccani
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 50153)
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Catalan
lexeme 1 pater
lexeme 2 padrí
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference DIEC2
comment

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus 'godfather', from Latin pater

ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 50151)
type Derivation
language Medieval Latin
lexeme 1 pater
lexeme 2 patrīnus
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference CNRTL
comment

First attested in the eighth century CE.

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 35: “il padrino” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 23 

ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 50145)
type Complex derivation
language Middle Dutch
lexeme 1 vader + god
lexeme 2 godvader
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference OED
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 50147)
type Complex derivation
language Middle English
lexeme 1 fader + god
lexeme 2 godfader
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference MED
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 50154)
type Derivation
language Occitan
lexeme 1 paire
lexeme 2 pairin
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 50146)
type Derivation
language Old English
lexeme 1 fæder + god
lexeme 2 godfæder
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference Bosworth, Toller
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 50144)
type Derivation
language Old Saxon
lexeme 1 fadar + god
lexeme 2 godfadar
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference OED
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 50163)
type Complex derivation
language Polish
lexeme 1 ojciec + chrzestny
lexeme 2 ojciec chrzestny
meaning 1 father + baptismal
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference WSJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 50159)
type Polysemy
language Portuguese
lexeme 1 padre
lexeme 2 padrinho
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference DPLP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 50160)
type Derivation
language Spanish
lexeme 1 padre
lexeme 2 padrino
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference DRAE
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 50142)
type Complex derivation
language Swedish
lexeme 1 fader + gud
lexeme 2 gudfader
meaning 1 father + god
direction
meaning 2 godfather
reference SAOB
comment